Compiled from the Performing Arts programmes* and Visual Arts exhibition records from HKADC’s Arts Yearbooks and Annual Arts Survey projects dating from 2010.

“DANCING IN DARKNESS” – Solo Exhibition by Gary Simmons

Visual Arts

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Art Genres / Sub-categories

Painting

Location

Simon Lee Gallery
304, 3/F, Pedder Building, 12 Pedder Street, Central, Hong Kong

Start Date

2020/07/04

End Date

2020/08/29

Art Genres / Sub-categories

Painting

Location

Simon Lee Gallery
304, 3/F, Pedder Building, 12 Pedder Street, Central, Hong Kong

Start Date

2020/07/04

End Date

2020/08/29

“DANCING IN DARKNESS” – Solo Exhibition by Gary Simmons

Description

Description

Simon Lee Gallery, Hong Kong is pleased to announce a presentation of new works by Gary Simmons, comprising drawings and a painting, which continue the artist’s ongoing exploration into the politics of race and identity through his signature ‘erasure drawings’. In this new series, Simmons positions seemingly benign images of lighthouses and watchtowers in comparison to one another in terms of function and as metaphors for surveillance in the US. Alternately symbols of hope and oppression, the light house acts as a point of arrival and an emblem of safety, while conversely, the watch tower is a metaphor for the omnipotent hand of the law and a revealing symbol for the American prison system.

While the act of erasure renders the imagery ghostly and uncertain, the viewer is nonetheless struck by the clear divergence between looking to a light house and being surveyed from a watch tower. These arresting works cast a light on the deep-rooted issues surrounding inequality and race in the US, and implicate the artist and viewer in this struggle.

Organiser / Presenter Simon Lee Gallery
Artist︰Gary Simmons [US]

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Indoor / Outdoor

Indoor

Local / Non-local Production

Local

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